The End of Black Harlem
▻http://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/29/opinion/sunday/the-end-of-black-harlem.html
https://static01.nyt.com/images/2016/05/29/sunday-review/29Adams1-Web/29Adams1-Web-superJumbo-v3.jpg It was painful to realize how even a kid could see in every new building, every historic renovation, every boutique clothing shop — indeed in every tree and every flower in every park improvement — not a life-enhancing benefit, but a harbinger of his own displacement.
In fact, it’s already happening. Rents are rising; historic buildings are coming down. The Renaissance, where Duke Ellington performed, and the Childs Memorial Temple Church of God in Christ, where Malcolm X’s funeral was held, have all been demolished. Night life fixtures like Smalls’ Paradise and Lenox Lounge are gone.